The Republican journal., 1887-12-15
SearSpOrt Locals.

Searsport Locals.
Capt. A. V. Nichols. of ship Iroq,ois is at home
on visit.
George F. Mathews and wife left hy train Mon
day for Los Angeles, Cal.
Capt. David Nickcls and wife arrived home from
Portland saturday evening.
| Miss Mary Mcclure opened private school at
the Y. NJ. &. a. rooms Monday.
Capt. ID. G. Nichols, of ship Wandering jew, ar
rived home by train Tuesday.
/ Capt. VIM. Myers has gone to Boston to take
command of brig II. II. Wright.
| Tie Congl. socable will meet with MIR. and Mrs.
McDougall this, Thursday, evening.
| Mrs Mary Perkins will begin term of school
at Union District school house next Monday.
Laura Curtis, Adic Sargent and Theodatc Black
left by boat Monday for Me'liicld, Mass.
The recent rains spoiled the skating for time,
although the lee remains firm in the pond.
| Fred G. Edwards lett Wednesday for Westboro
Mass, where lie has situation in straw shop.
Harry sawyer who has been taking a trip at sea
in the ship Wandering jew, arrived home Friday
/ Mr.. ThaNter Shaw (mcmbor Of the great tannery
hiHij dii'l WIG, VI NlhSiih,n, spent sunday WIN
his hrohrrntW, Or. Horn.
There will be collection at the Cong. church
next Sun'ay morning to make up the deficiency for
the support of the gospel tor the past year.
The friend, of Charles Is. Norris will be glad to
learn that hV has located at SCOTIA Neb, and bought
Touring mill Of two hundred barrels per day
capacity.
Mrs. Catlin, of Philadelphia, widow of the late
Robert Catlin, who was proprietor Of our hotel
back in the tftic, is visiting her sister, Mrs Jos
eph Nichols
J. W. Black is making extensive preparations to
cut ice the present season and proposes in addition
to his local Ice, TO cut aud winter quite quantity
for shipment.
our traders making some very crcditabe
displays of u~et'd articles for Christmas gifts.
Give your local dealers the preference when You
can in buying.
pr. j. \. Npadng of Portland assisted by Hr
Il. Hopkins, performed very delicate surgical
operation lat >.nd;y upon the eye of little Ida.
laughter Of Calt. {. A. Whittier.
Ttere were no services ut the Cong. church last
sunday "n account of the storm. Next SUNDAY the
subject for the morning discourse will be Christ
i'm Na"aii7m.' Communion service at O'Clock p
m.
freeman MeGilvcry Post, GA. r., passed Il vote
OF thaAks 10 j. II. sullivan for the presentation of
a history of the rebellion for the library also to
the Woman'S Relief Corps for a present of five dol.
lars.
Clement * Adams have made 4 great hit in add
ing t" their extensive stock of Christmas goods
lar@c inc Of well h"und books consisting Of his
tory, poetry, fiction, &c. They have made an eN-
ti"meir low prize IN them and they are selling
very rapidly.
Mr ". Il. sawyer. assisted hy his class will give
the celebrated taIt;.ta King Winter with Christ
mas Tree on saturday th; 2it in>t at Union Hall
All are invited to take their gifts to the hail >aur-
day afternoon where 4 competent committee will
be on hand to receive them.
l y Iit;ie three year olti here, who was being
+ taught by her brother the central truth of her
I sabbath school lesson "'ihat it is lawful to do
well upon the sabbath day after moment :
thought said "i is a9ri"j to do well upon the
; Sabbath day" Having attended sunday school
concert where collection taken in the Old
| fashioned loses with long handles She said: a
pu: my cent in the 'popper.'
Bert Davis, who Is nine years Old, clothes him
f self and earns some money beside lay the sale of
, linnle niaie corn-balls The fine stock he always
carries, his prompt business methods and gentle
manly ways attract the attention of everybody and
much Of his patronage is due to this and the fact
that Nil feel desire encourage such industry
and business qualities he manifestS. We pre-
dict for this boy bright business future.
The remains of MIR. i'homls SAWYER vino died at
, Boston I!ighlanl- last saturday morning. were
, brought here for burial Tuesday. MIR. sawyer came
To Scar~part in hi boyhood and learned the join
! crs trade with seth G.. Wyman. For many years
he was il member Of the Methodist choir. He en-
listed in 90. il. 10Th Ne. Ecgt. as !, musician The
harle!iii'' 10 which this regiment subjected,
being attached t" Banks cNredion, and the climate
Of Louisiana, ruined his health and he suffered
from inrulal'r disease during the last twenty five
years. >lr. saw erlravrst widow and two ,laugh-
tcls.
; THE UiNflEI.p >rool. MILL. We take from
the IN>eld itizcn the following article, of in
tsrest to -carsrort people:
The biNieM spool CO began operations i'll their
mill about Il month ag" the Iir>t spool being
/ r"ushei ~ Frank >'rnols, If >earsport. This
company have of the finest mills in the state.
It, lantW"r.< and foundation and all those things
which =" To make up Il solid building. and by Il
prey rliiun Of ialling make the machinery run 50
mann bulidnS Is l0NiuN feet. two stories high,
cI!pboareoi and nicely painted and finished.
The engine, Il very ihe one, of seventy five
il"r," power. was purchased of the rcnneys of
Mechanic Fails. ami Is i'll an engine room 20N3n
, and boiler room l'\@0 feet; steam is supplied by
! Two nifty horse power boilers, and the engine il
run by Mir. thas. AmrS one of the workmcu vino
came from >earsport, where a portion Of the ma
chinery was purchased a" the Scarspor spool CO.,
one 81 the members of which company, George
Merrill, Es'I., i partner of the DNtell spool
t".and manage, \" manufacture of the sp"ole.
Il ~ I,IS RON VA .Iltl
partly bN Dl\hcl,i men and partly 10y those from
Scar port. From ~ floor, after the shay in@> are
Sifte,s out the blocks arr taken by elevator To the
third l""r where they are Kept IN bins each size
by itself from which they are put in h"pper> sim
liar To those of 4 Grist mill, which conducts them
To- the ,econtl prr where they are turned, polish
eat, stamped and ha@%ed for shipment. There are
thirteen men emP"ye't ON this floor, Here we
find tlle office, and il another room ON the same
(n1r tn" repair shop, fitted up With almost every
lining ncettfui for the repairing of the machinery.
The ir~t Spo"ls We're shipped about two weeks
az" aud - % the tonant Thread Co.. PaWtucket,
Il. |. ibis company are now turning out about
ten thousand gross per month, but have plenty of
room ami power to greatly increase this amount.
There are NOW employed III and about the mill
: tWcmy-thrre men Thirteen of TINS number are
, from Scarspurt, one. Mr.. Edwards, from Paris,
and the ret arc residents. - fan, three families
Wolhmen Will lirin- their families another ~eaSon
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